diff --git a/internal/ethapi/errors.go b/internal/ethapi/errors.go
index 54f6bd80d9..f96d055ba9 100644
--- a/internal/ethapi/errors.go
+++ b/internal/ethapi/errors.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func newRevertError(revert []byte) *revertError {
 	if errUnpack == nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", vm.ErrExecutionReverted, reason)
 	} else {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", vm.ErrExecutionReverted, hexutil.Encode(revert))
+		err = fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", vm.ErrExecutionReverted, formatRevertError(revert))
 	}
 	return &revertError{
 		error:  err,
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ func newRevertError(revert []byte) *revertError {
 	}
 }
 
+// formatRevertError formats the revert data into a custom error message
+func formatRevertError(revert []byte) string {
+	if len(revert) >= 4 {
+		selector := revert[:4]
+		params := revert[4:]
+		return fmt.Sprintf("custom error %s: %s",
+			hexutil.Encode(selector),
+			hexutil.Encode(params))
+	}
+	return hexutil.Encode(revert)
+}
+
 // TxIndexingError is an API error that indicates the transaction indexing is not
 // fully finished yet with JSON error code and a binary data blob.
 type TxIndexingError struct{}